Welsh Journals

CONTENTS PAGE THE CONTRIBUTION OF WALES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES David Williams 97 THE FIRST THREE WELSH BOOKS PRINTED IN AMERICA Wm. Williams 109 THE LEGEND OF MADOC J.J.Jones 120 WELSH NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALS IN THE UNITED STATES Idwal Lewis 124 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS: 4. LETTERS OF MORGAN JOHN RHYS TO WILLIAM OWEN [-PUGHE] G. J. Williams 131 DAVID SAMWELL'S Poem — THE PADOUCA Hunt W. .Ll. Davies 142 MANUSCRIPTS OF WELSH-AMERICAN INTEREST IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES E.D.Jones 153 NEWS AND NOTES: A Bibliography of Welsh-Americana p. 171 The Library of Congress and Welsh Literature, 171 Welsh Translations of Works by William Penn, 172 Lewis Evans, Map-maker, 173 A Chart of the North American Coast in 1592, 174. BIOGRAPHICA ET BlBLIOGRAPHICA Harry Evan Williams, p. 175 Jenkin Lloyd Jones, 176 William Bebb, 177 David Thomas, 178 David Charles Hughes, 178 George St. John Williams, 179. ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES IX-XIV Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales Journal is published by the Council of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, printed at the private press of the Library, and edited by the Librarian, to whom all communications concerning it should be addressed. It is issued twice a year, a Summer number appearing after the May meeting of the Court of Governors and a Winter number after its Annual Meeting which is held in October. As the main purpose of the Journal is to particularize the resources of the National Library of Wales the Editor will welcome contributions-articles or short notes-from persons who have availed themselves of those resources or have a specialist knowledge of them. The price per number is half-a-crown, plus postage. The price to Subscribers is five shillings per annum, postfree. Subscribers are invited to use the banker's order provided. The price of the present double-number is five shillings, plus postage to non- subscribers. Supplements in Series I and II are issued free to subscribers to the Journal. The Supplement to the present double-number is Part IV of Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales. New subscribers may obtain past numbers of the Journal and Supplements (Series I and II) at the subscription rate.